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Elias’s heart hammered against his ribs. The timestamp was current. It had been sent mere seconds after the photo was supposedly taken. Download IMG 20220108 011005 284 rar

The notification pinged at 1:10 AM, a sharp digital chirp that cut through the silence of Elias’s darkened apartment. He hadn’t been sleeping; he’d been staring at the frost creeping across the corner of his window, wondering if the storm had finally buried the mountain road. As the file finally opened, Elias held his breath